Background
Jones, Burr W. was born on March 9, 1846 in Evansville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William and Sarah M. Jones.
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Jones, Burr W. was born on March 9, 1846 in Evansville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William and Sarah M. Jones.
Born in the Town of Union, Rock County, Wisconsin, he attended the common schools and the Evansville Seminary, in Evansville, Wisconsin, and taught school for several years. He graduated from the literary department of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1870 and from the law department in 1871 and was admitted to the bar in 1871 commencing practice in Portage, Wisconsin.
Burr (Mistress Walter M. Smith). Married second, Katharine I. MacDonald, 1908. Admitted to bar, 1871.
In practice at Madison, Wisconsin, until September 1920.
District attorney, Dane County, Wisconsin, 1872-1876. Member 48th Congress (1883-1885).
Professor of law, University of Wisconsin, 1885-1915. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, 1921-1926.
Chairman Democratic State Convention, 1892.
Delegate Democratic National (gold standard) Convention, Indianapolis, 1896. Chairman Wisconsin State Tax Commission, 1897-1898. President Wisconsin State Bar Association, 1908.
Chairman Dane County Legal Advisory Board in World War.
Curator Wisconsin State History Society Author: Law of Evidence in Civil Cases, 1896, second edition, 1908, enlarged public in 5 volumes, 1913, in 6 volumes, 1926. Address: Madison, Wisconsin
He became professor of law at the University of Wisconsin 1885-1915 and served as city attorney in 1891. Chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1892. Delegate to the national convention (gold standard) at Indianapolis in 1896.
Member of the Wisconsin Tax Commission in 1897 and 1898 and served as chairman.
Appointed associate justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court September 6, 1920, to fill a vacancy. Elected to the same office April 4, 1922, and served until his retirement on January 1, 1926.
Resumed the practice of law. Died, in a hospital, Madison, Wisconsin on January 7, 1935.
Interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Married Olive L. Hoyt, December 1873 (died 1906). Married second, Katharine I. MacDonald, 1908.